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Summer Feeding of the Novaya Zemlya Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus pearsoni)

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New data on the diet of the wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus pearsoni) on the Yuzhny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the summer are presented. The coprological method shows the predominance of vascular plants in the studied samples of reindeer feces. The selectivity of reindeer in relation to pasture habitats and forage groups of plants indicates that the area and variety of forage lands in the summer are sufficient for the reindeer and are not limiting factors for it.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to a scientific researcher of the V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.V. Petrovskii for identifying the most complex samples of vascular plants.

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This work was carried out in the framework of the State Contarct of the Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the RAS no. AAAA-A17-117122990042-2 aand was also supported by Program no. 17 “Biodiversity of Natural Systems and Biological Resources of Russia.”

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  1. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 163000, Arkhangelsk, Russia

    E. Yu. Churakova

  2. Russian Arctic National Park, Arkhangelsk, Russia

    I. A. Mizin

  3. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Rozhnov

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Churakova, E.Y., Mizin, I.A. & Rozhnov, V.V. Summer Feeding of the Novaya Zemlya Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus pearsoni). Dokl Biol Sci 502, 36–41 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496622010033

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